SHAHEEN: WOMEN IN THE MILITARY DESERVE THE SAME HEALTH SERVICES AS THE CIVILIANS THEY PROTECT

Ensuring that women in the military receive the same rights to reproductive health services as the civilians they protect is an issue of fundamental equality, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen said today in a speech on the Senate floor. Shaheen sponsored an amendment, which was included on a strong bipartisan vote during the Senate Armed Services Committee consideration of this year's National Defense Authorization Act, that would provide women in the military who are victims of rape or incest the right to access affordable abortion care. The Shaheen Amendment would align military rules on abortion care with the policy used for civilian federal employees. Read more, http://1.usa.gov/VjG37u .